[ A view of the Arkansas river, here a shallow stream perhaps thirty feet wide. It’s bordered by large rocks on either side, then by trees in a variety of shades from summer green to bright aspen yellow. Peeking between the trees, far upstream, is the peak of a snow-capped mountain. ] I hadda run […]
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[A somewhat blurry shot of the inside of the van, from the front seats. It’s moderately full of boxes. You can still see out the back, though.] Yesterday was Schlepping Trip #2, feat. me hauling Yet More Stuff down to Alamosa, also Extremely Bored Loiosh.
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[The road stretches out through the center of this wide shot; at the distant horizon, a hint of snow-covered mountains blends into the low clouds. The road is tree-lined on the left side; snowy fields on the right lead up to a snow-roofed barn.] I haven’t been talking about it much, mostly because STRESS &
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[Loiosh, an orange tabby, is hunkered up in the front seat of the car, butt in the air, forepaws tucked close to his hindpaws, face shoved into the seat. He looks extremely awkward.] I don’t know what he was doing here, I really don’t.
cats: long drive home edition Read More »
[A view across a field of short brown grass. Houses line the horizon, and behind them rises Mount Blanca, topped with snow.] The boys had a vet visit … which, since we’re going to be moving there soon, was in Alamosa. But since we aren’t in Alamosa yet, it was a bit of a haul.
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[ A pyramidal, deeply eroded lump of coarse rock sits atop a treestump. Most of it is brown, but there are a few spots near the bottom, and one spot where it’s eroded more, that are white. ] This is a salt lick! Ask me how I’m so sure!
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[ A white person wearing hiking gear and a bright orange hat stands atop a boulder, arms outspread, grinning. ] So what with one thing & another me & Morgyn decided to go for a hike Christmas afternoon. True, this isn’t one of my traditional Christmas activities, but sometimes you just gotta.
cats: extremely obstreporous tomcat edition Read More »
[ A broad pile of boulders, probably thirty feet high, looms over a stretch of ground dotted with confiers. ] Turns out there were TWO big piles of rocks within sight of my Woods Day spot. A conundrum: which to climb? Have you met me? BOTH. This was the second one.
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[ Loiosh, an orange tabby wearing a green harness, stands in the shade of a couple of really big boulders stacked atop each other. He’s looking off to the right, ears and whiskers perked forward curiously. ] Loiosh really enjoyed having this big pile of rocks to scramble around on. And under, and around, and
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[ Major Tom, a big grey tabby, is walking away from the camera, into a small space between big boulders. His tail sways from side to side. ] Tom’s not at all worried about squeezing himself into a small space. To be fair, he’s smaller than I am, so there’s a lot less squeezing.
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& that’s it for the year! Everyone here at The Vagabond Tabby is gonna take a nice long nap (ngl most of us are asleep already), we’ll celebrate our various winter holidays, & yeah, probably make more soap.
We’ll reopen January 1st, just as soon as someone manages to actually get out of bed.
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